12th Annual Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament

Saturday 21 February 2009

Individual Round: Calculus Test

1. [3] Let f be a differentiable real-valued function defined on the positive real numbers. The tangent
lines to the graph of f always meet the y-axis 1 unit lower than where they meet the function. If
f (1) = 0, what is f (2)?
2. [3] The differentiable function F : R → R satisfies F (0) = −1 and

d
F (x) = sin(sin(sin(sin(x)))) · cos(sin(sin(x))) · cos(sin(x)) · cos(x).
dx
Find F (x) as a function of x.
3. [4] Compute eA where A is defined as
4/3
2x2 + x + 1
Z
dx.
3/4 x3 + x2 + x + 1

4. [4] Let P be a fourth degree polynomial, with derivative P 0 , such that P (1) = P (3) = P (5) = P 0 (7) = 0.
Find the real number x 6= 1, 3, 5 such that P (x) = 0.
5. [4] Compute
π π π π π






sin 3 + 4h − 4 sin 3 + 3h + 6 sin 3 + 2h − 4 sin 3 + h + sin 3
lim .
h→0 h4

6. [5] Let p0 (x), p1 (x), p2 (x), . . . be polynomials such that p0 (x) = x and for all positive integers n,
d
dx pn (x) = pn−1 (x). Define the function p(x) : [0, ∞) → R by p(x) = pn (x) for all x ∈ [n, n + 1). Given
that p(x) is continuous on [0, ∞), compute
∞
X
pn (2009).
n=0

7. [5] A line in the plane is called strange if it passes through (a, 0) and (0, 10 − a) for some a in the
interval [0, 10]. A point in the plane is called charming if it lies in the first quadrant and also lies below
some strange line. What is the area of the set of all charming points?
8. [7] Compute √
Z 3  2x2 +1 
2
x2x +1
+ ln x2x dx.
1

9. [7] Let R be the region in the plane bounded by the graphs of y = x and y = x2 . Compute the volume
of the region formed by revolving R around the line y = x.
10. [8] Let a and b be real numbers satisfying a > b > 0. Evaluate
Z 2π
1
dθ.
0 a + b cos(θ)

Express your answer in terms of a and b.